Activities

After School Activities
Term 1	Gaelic Football		In-school coaching and leagues for each year except 6th (mainly an after school activity) + 2 boys' teams and 1 girls' team Senior Boys Senior Girls (won the Dublin Challenge Cup this year) Junior Boys
(Participate in Cumann na mBun Scol leagues requiring inter-school matches.)
Term 2	Hurling & Camogie		In-school coaching and leagues for all years (mainly an after school activity) 2 Hurling and 2 Camogie teams Senior Boys Junior Boys 2 Senior Girls (won the Purcell Shield cup this year)
(Again, participate in Cumann na mBunscol leagues.)
Term 3	Mix of above		Finishing off Cumann na mBunscol and in-house leagues (mainly after school)
Training takes place after school and/or during lunchtimes once or twice a week.
Other after-school-activities available to the pupils throughout this year (2001/2) included the following:
While some of these activities were available throughout the year, others were scheduled at different times.		Fun Irish lessons, German lessons, French lessons, Aerobics, Basketball, Traditional Music classes, Easter Art Camp, Summer Activity Camp (July)

General Activities Term 1 Sept 1st to Dec 21st
Date	Activity	Classes
June	Evening presentation for incoming children	parents
Sept. 5th	Basketball Coaching	5th classes
Sept. 5th	Computer classes begin for	3rd & 4th
Sept 5th	Rugby Coaching	6th classes
Sept 5th	Hurling & Camogie Coaching	3rd & 4th classes
Sept. 5th	Football Coaching	3rd & 4th classes
Sept. 11th	Rugby Training	6th classes
Sept. 11th	Swimming Lessons and Coaching	3rd
Sept. 11th	Dance Lessons	3rd
Sept. 19th	Class Mass	3rd/4th classes
Sept. 20th	Class Mass	5th/6th classes
Oct. 3rd	School Development Planning Seminar	-
Oct. 5th	School Recycling Project begins	-
Oct. 9th	Heritage Visit	r 5
Oct. 10th	Heritage Visit	r 15
Oct. 16th	Heritage Visit	r 2
Oct. 17th	Kilmainham tour	r 5 & 6
Oct. 22nd	Seamus Brennan Visit	-
Oct. 23rd	Magician Visit	4th & 5th
Oct. 23rd	Alive 'O Inservice	3rd classes
Oct. 23rd	Heritage Visit	r 4
Oct. 24th	Swimming Lessons and coaching	4th classes
Oct 24th	Kilmainham tour	r 1& 2
Oct. 25th	Magician	3rd classes
Oct. 25th	Hospice Coffee Morning - break time staff room	teachers
Oct. 26th	Radio Cholmcille on the air	all
Oct. 26th	Caroline Casey (Indian Elephant Tour re visually impaired)	all 6th
Oct. 28th	Civic Theatre	L.S. & S.N.
Nov. 5th	Computer classes end for 3rd & 4th - begin for	5th & 6th
Nov. 6th	Kilmainham Tour	r 3 & 4
Nov. 9th	Dental presentation	r 5 & 6
Nov. 12th	Bible Explorer series of lessons starts for	6th classes
Nov. 13th	Swimming	r 17 & 18
Nov. 13th	Local History presentation	r 9
Nov. 14th	Class Mass	5th & 6th
Nov. 15th	Local History presentation	r 7
Nov. 15th	Heritage Visit	pf 5
Nov. 19th	Environmental Awareness visit	pf 3
Nov. 20th	Coca Cola Tour	r 13, 14, 17 & 18
Nov. 20th	Basketball Arena	r 7 & 9
Nov. 21th	Coca Cola tour	r 15 & 16
Nov. 21th	Heritage Visit	r 5
Nov. 23rd	Gaeilge Inservice	-
Nov. 26th	SPHE Inservice	-
Nov. 27th	PT Meetings	parents
Nov. 28th	PT Meetings	parents
Dec 4th	City Trip
Dec 5th	City Trip
Dec. 6th	City Trip
Dec 7th	Staff Meeting	-
Dec. 14th.	Cake Sale for Crib	all
Dec. 17th	Class Mass	3rd & 4th
Dec. 18th	LS & SN Drama	parents
Dec. 19th	Class Mass	5th & 6th
Dec. 20th	Dental Presentaion	r 1 & 2
Dec. 20th	Daidí na Nollag Visit	all
Dec. 20th	Carol Service and Nativity Play in Church	all

General Activities Term 2 Jan 7th to March 22nd
Date	Activity	Classes
Jan 23rd	Learning Support & Special Needs Support in-service	teachers
Jan 24th	Maths. inservice	teachers
Jan 25th	Maths. inservice	teachers
Jan 28th	Children choose Crumlin Hospital & DSPCA	5th classes
Jan 31st	Author Eoin Colfer's visit to school	6th class
31st Jan	Brendan Cuilligan "How Parents can Help..."	parents
Feb 5th	School Mass	5th & 6th
Feb 6th	School Mass	3rd & 4th
Feb 11-15th	Focus on Reading Week	children
Feb 19th	Cheque presentation to Our Lady's Hospital	5th
Feb 19th	National Art Gallery trip	r 13 & 14; pf 5 & 6
Feb 20th	National Art Gallery trip	r 17 & 18 ;pf 3 & 4
Feb 21th	National Art Gallery trip	r 15 & 16
Feb 22nd	Dance Display	all
Feb 25th	Pioneers visit	6th
Feb 26th	Confessions	5th
Feb 27th	Music Concert (Mullingar)	pf 5 & 6; r 3 & 2
Feb 28th	Planning Day (Gaeilge)	teachers
Feb 29th	Planning Day	teachers
March 4th	Health Screening	r 7 & 8
March 5th	Connect - drug awareness	6th
March 6th	Health Screening	r 11 & 12
March 7th	Health Screening	r 9 & 10
March 8th	Pioneers visit	6th
March 8th	Table Quiz PA & Faugh's GAA Club	parents
March 6th	Health Screening	r 3 & 4
March 6th	Visit of Seamus Brennan TD
March 7th	Health Screening	r 5 & 6
March 19th	History Making show in hall	-
March 19th	School Mass	1st half of school
March 19th	Hollywood, Co. Down, trip for 'Titanic' show	r. 8
March 20th	Health screening - remaining children
March 20th	daffodil Day in aid of Cancer Soc.	-
March 20th	School Mass	2nd half of school
March 21st	Ceremony of Light	6th

General Activities Term 3
Date	Activity	Classes
Apr 15th	Pioneer Pins - presentation -	6th
Apr 23rd	Confirmation	r 3,4 & 6
Apr 24th	Confirmation	r 1,2 & 5
Apr 25th	Photographer	6th
Apr 26th	Dental hygiene awareness
Apr 29th	Representation of school to Áras an Uachtarán
May 1st	Dental examinations for girls	6th
May 15th	Hollywood, Co. Down visit to St. Colmcille's
May 16th	Activity day for Hollywood pupils
May 16th	History show	pf 5 & 6 r 15 & 16
May 22nd	Dr. Dwyer (botanist) visit	r 12
May 23rd	Dr. Dwyer (botanist) visit	r 7
June 5th	Accord Programme	6th
June 5th	Thomas Maher (local historian)	r 16
June 6th	School tour	r 1,3,4 & 5
June 6th	Sports' evening & Parish Week	all
June 7th	Dr. Dwyer (botanist) visit	r 6
June 10th	School tour	pf 1 & 6
June 11th	School tour	r 15,16, 17 & 18
June 12th	School tour	pf 2 & 3
June 13th	School tour	pf 4 & 5
June 17th	School tour (Achill)	r 2 & 6
June 18th	School tour	r 8 & 10
June 19th	School tour	r 11,12, 13 & 14
June 19th	Thomas Maher (local historian)	r 16
June 20th	School tour	r 15
June 20th	Hollywood, Co. Down	r 8 & 10